After surrounding Charleston South Carolina, British General Henry Clinton compels the Continental Army under Benjamin Lincoln to surrender. The British deny their opponents the honors of war, taking the entire defending army as prisoners of war. The surrender in May 1780 marks the greatest loss for the Americans during the course of the Revolution.
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Book Recommendation of the Week: A Gallant Defense: The Siege of Charleston, 1780, by Carl Borick.
Online Recommendation of the Week: Original papers relating to the siege of Charleston, 1780, by Benjamin Lincoln:
https://archive.org/details/originalpapersre00linc
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Episode 037: Committees of Correspondence and the Colony of Vandalia
Episode 036: Sinking the HMS Gaspee
Episode 035: Carolina Regulators and the Battle of Alamance
Episode 034: Massacre Fallout and Townshend Acts Repealed
Episode 033: The Boston Massacre
Episode 032: The Battle of Golden Hill
Episode 031: Wilkes and Liberty & Tar and Feathers
Episode 030: The Occupation of Boston
Episode 029: The Liberty Riot
Episode 028: Letters from a Pennsylvania Farmer
Episode 027: Prime Minister Pitt Falls from Power
Episode 026: The Townshend Acts
Episode 025: Tensions Simmer
Episode 024: Stamp Act Repeal and Declaratory Act
Episode 023: The Stamp Act Congress
Episode 022: The Stamp Act and Quartering Act of 1765
Episode 021: The Colonies React to Taxes
Episode 020: The Sugar Act & Currency Act of 1764
Episode 019: Suppressing the Indians
Episode 018: Pontiac's War
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